Steel railroad-tie.



J. KLEGA.

STEEL RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED nnmza} 190s.

Patfinted. Mar. 29, 1910.

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ANDREW E GRANAM CO. PNQTO-LITHOGRAPHEHS. WASHINGTON. QC"

J. KLEGA.

STEEL RAILROAD TIE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED DEC. 28, 1909 mtented Mar. 29, 1910.

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ANDREW E. GRMAM c0. PHOTO-LITMOGRAPHERS. WASHINGTON, 0.1:.

JOSEPH KLEGA, F EASTGN, EENN'SYLVANIA.

STEEL EAILR-GAD-TIE.

Application filed December $8, 1905.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2? 191G.

Serial No.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Josnri-I Knnea, a citizen of the United States,residing at Easton, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania,' have invented new and useful Improvements in SteelRailroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined metallic raili *ay tie and railclamp, and the ob ject of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is comparatively simple in construction, which can beconstructed at a low cost, which is strong and which is provided withmeans whereby the rails may be easily and securely connected therewith.

IVith the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple andpreferred embodiment of the improvement, and in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view upon the line 11 of Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalView upon the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4- is an enlarged section upon theline &4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view upon the line55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rail chair. Figs. 7and S are detail perspective views of the locking members or dogs.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates the improved tie.This tie 1 comprises essentially a pair of hollow rectangular members 2and 3. Each of the members 2 and 3 is provided with a side and ends andhas its face open and the upper wall thereof provided with verticalflanges a projecting both above and below the said wall and extendingthe entire length of the said face. The projecting portions of theflanges 1 are provided at intervals with alining openings, and the saidopenings are adapted for the reception of suitable connecting elements,such as bolts and nuts as designated by the numerals 5. The flanges 4adjacent the ends of the members 2 and 3 are cut away for a suitabledistance and adj acent this cut-away portion and between the saidflanges 4 is positioned a plurality of L beam sections designated by thenumerals 6. These I-beams 6 have their oflset heads engaging the top andbottom walls of. the flanges 1- and serve as an effective means forspacing said flanges as well as the members 2 and 3 a suitable distanceaway from each other.

The numeral 7 designates the chairs adapted to be positioned in the cutaway portions of the flanges and to lie uponthe upper faces of themembers 2 and 3. Each of these chairs 7 comprises a horizontallystraight base portion 8 having an overlying. flange 9, adjacent one ofits ends and an ottset projection 10 adjacent its opposite end. Theportions beyond the overlying flange and the offset flange of the base 8are centrally cut away as designated by the numerals 11, and thesecut-away portions are adapted to receive the vertical web of the I-beams6. It is to be understood that the I-beams are provided with a pluralityof openings, one of which alines with the openings within the flanges 4Land the same being adapted for the reception of suitable securingelements 5. By this arrangement, it will be noted that it is merelynecessary to tilt the base flange 12 of the rails 13 so as to positionthe same beneath the overlying flange 9 of the chair 7, and the oppositeedge of the said flange 12 will snugly engage the offset 10 of the saidchair. In order to effectively secure this edge of the flange 12 uponthe chair, I have provided a pair of locking dogs 14: and 15, the saiddogs being provided with cutaway portions adapted to coincide with theshape of the end of the chair 8 and being further provided withprojecting lips 15 Which are adapted to lie upon the top of the baseflange of the rail. The bodies 16 of the dogs 14- are of a widthequaling the distance between the top of the members 2 and 3 and theupper head of the I-beam 6, and the said body is provided with suitableopenings adapted to aline with the unengaged openings in the Lbeams 6and to be connected thereto through the medium of suitable securingelements 17. It will be noted by reference to the figures of thedrawings that these locking dogs are positioned upon each side OI theI-beams and that a pair of the said dogs has also been employed toreinforce the overlying flange 9 of the chair 7. These latter dogs mayhowever, in some cases be dispensed with.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it

will be noted that when it is desired to remove the rail 13 from itsposition upon the chair 7, it is merely necessary to unfasten the bolts17 connecting the locking dog with the I-beam adjacent the offsetportion 10 of the chair when the rail may be readily tilted and removedfrom its engagement with the overlying flange 9 and the body of thechair 8 and it will be further noted that the I-beams 6 may be slidalong the opening between the flanges at by merely removing itsconnecting bolts 5. It is to be further understood that while I haveillustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the improvement,as it now appears to me, minor details of construction, within the scopeof the following claims may be re sorted to if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is z- 1. In adevice for the purpose set forth, a rail tie constructed of a pair ofhollow members, said members having their adjacent sides provided withlongitudinally extending flanges cut away adjacent the ends of themembers, I-beam sections between the flanges projecting within the cutaway portions, means for securing the I-beams to the flanges, a railchair having its ends bifurcated and engaging the "vertical webs of theI-beams, and locking dogs secured to the webs of the I-beams and adaptedto overlie the ends of the chair, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, a tie constructed of a pair ofhollow members, the said members having their adjacent sides open andthe edges of these open portions provided with flanges, I-beam sectionsbetween the flanges, means for removably securing the I-beams betweenthe flanges, chair plates for the tie, said chair plates each comprisinga body member having an overlying lip adjacent one of its ends and alongitudinal offset adjacent its opposite end, the portions of the chairprojecting from the offset and the overlying lip being centrally cutaway, the webs of the I-beams engaging this cut away portion, andlocking dogs provided with overlying lips removably connected with thewebs of the I-beams, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH KLEGA.

Witnesses:

I. B. Trm'rormn, M. R. KLEGA.

